The IDEP Experience
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (Institut Africain de Developpement Economique et de Planification—IDEP) holds great importance in Samir Amin’s career as a teacher and researcher.
With the blessing, or even complicity, of some UNDP leaders in New York, such as Robert Gardnier, who was executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) for 10 years, Samir Amin developed the Institute in order to create a centre of excellence for reflection and training. Activities were varied and included, for example, deployment to a country for a month or two to work with public servants from the Ministry of Planning or with other ministries dealing with economics, as well as with students and university teachers of the country. Teams were formed to discuss the essence of problems as well as the design of economic policies to face them.On the basis of the vivid memories of all those who came by the Institute at this time, one can say that Samir Amin’s time at IDEP left an indelible impression.
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